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The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

With the completion of the various missions you have before you, you earn funds to buy new abilities. These abilities are what really make the game stand out. When you start the game, you only have basic combinations in your arsenal, but as you buy new abilities, you can do everything ranging from latching onto a helicopter in midair and bringing it down, to using a bus or tank as a board to grind across the city. The sheer volume of abilities that you actually use is staggering; they are all handy and serve a practical purpose in your offense and defense.

Now you can't have a game featuring the strongest character in the world of comics without some massive boss fights. The massive boss fights here are intimidating, to say the least, but offer up a great challenge under an epic scope. Each and every one of them is a true battle of titans. The first boss fight pits you against Abomination, who has every ability that the Hulk has. The second boss fight is against a 60-foot-tall "Hulkbuster," a mech designed to take down our temperamental green friend. Each boss fight gets more difficult and grand as you progress.

The video on this bad boy is as clear as you could ask for - sporting HTDV compatibility, this title shows off every last detail of the Hulk's world. The sound is also spot-on. Explosions sound like claps of thunder, and when the Hulk tramples through the city, it sounds like a train rolling through town. The voice cast is also topnotch. Neal McDonough (Band of Brother's Lt. Buck Compton!) does a good job portraying Bruce Banner as just a guy trying to do the right thing.

Though this title embodies a vast amount of greatness, it is not without a few flaws. The most glaring drawback is the amount of loading it requires. Every time you go into a mission or head over to a new map, a load screen appears. A single load screen doesn't take very long, so it's no big deal. Since there are so many load screens, it becomes a drag do deal with. The side-missions can become a bit repetitive, but since they are all so diverse, it takes a good long while before that happens.

Despite the few dings in this giant's armor, the good overshadows the bad by a colossal margin. If you fancy yourself an action fan, it might be a good idea to add this one to your collection. It's one game that's worth the price of admission. Not only is it a great action title, it may very well be the best superhero game for current-gen consoles.